The Peterson brothers

[Spiegelo]

Anthony Peterson just beat Javier Juargei (sp), the former IBF lightweight champ. It was a pretty big step up for him. A. Peterson is pretty good. Jury still out on Lamont, but he looks good too.

I know I had that in mind when I made the thread, I'm glad he made the attempt, but still Javier is well in his 30s and way past his prime. Also, let's not forget it was a vacant title, I don't wanna take anything away from him as he's faced ace competition his whole career, but we all knew how his fight with Anthony would go. Still it was a good step in the right direction, but a big part of that is because it SHOULD imply that he is going to keep on stepping it up in competition. Kinda the way Berto is going to fight Forbes, because we all know after that he is going to fight Collazo.

[slicksouthpaw16]

^^^ Clottey-Judah.

I wouldn't take too much for the Jauregui fight, he's a few years past his best.

Oh my mistake, i mentioned the wrong the fight. I meant his fight with Fernando Trejo when it came on versus. I forgot what the main even was that night.

[warp1432]

Anthony was going to fight Kid Diamond, but it got canned because Arum thought it might be to soon for him since the negative criticsm (WALLEY MATTHEWS) he received on Versus.

Anthony would rip Diamond a new one. I saw Kid's last fight live and while he looked good whenever Martinez would apply pressure, Diamond looked really uncomfortable.

[Spiegelo]

Anthony was going to fight Kid Diamond, but it got canned because Arum thought it might be to soon for him since the negative criticsm (WALLEY MATTHEWS) he received on Versus.

Anthony would rip Diamond a new one. I saw Kid's last fight live and while he looked good whenever Martinez would apply pressure, Diamond looked really uncomfortable.

Yeah we saw what happened when he faced Campbell's pressure. The dude has been in there with the best (2 of em anyway), so regardless of how high he's ranked, that'd be a good one too. You the first one to suggest a fighter he should take on.. Although that wasn't really a suggestion I guess, and it doesn't matter being that this thread probably won't take off without 'Margarito', 'Calzaghe', 'Oscar' or even 'PBF' in the title. When I first joined this forum I thought it'd be about the whole scene, not just fangirls raving about their favorite boxer and **** talkin any boxer or fan that opposes him. Nonstop boxing is basically 4000 threads all about the same ****, and anything new or of substance gets drowned out in the spam.

[warp1432]

Pretty much. I made a whole thread about Calzaghe, Jones, and Hopkins resumes and it got bascially just tossed aside. Now if I were to mention Margarito is a faggot and is ducking Williams, it'd get like 7 pages worth of replies.

[OTSS]

I said the same thing a couple weeks ago, I'm tired of that "BOP" sound effect they both make and its about time they both step up the comp.

[The Gray Fox]

Am I the only one sick of Lamont and Anthony Peterson? I've been watchin these guys forever, yet they have yet to take on anyone worth watching. Yes, I know they're both very young, but they've had very televised careers and they seem to be getting nowhere. I was wondering, if you had the power to choose their next fights, who would you choose for them?

Lamont Peterson, the older brother, is sitting in a division with young talent. He can work his way up to a Holt or Torres fight, maybe even a Hatton or Malinaggi fight. For now, I think a great fight between two unproven prospects would be Lamont-DHop. Demetrius is no Bernard, but he's still a very good boxer who is starting to be a lil inactive (although he is finally fighting again). I find him and Lamont very similar in many ways, and their careers have been almost identical. This would be the test to see which one deserves the spotlight and which one needs to get over their undeserved deal with major tv networks, or undeserved success over famous relative, and push to advance their career.

Anthony Peterson, baby bro is swimmin in a sea of sharks. Pacquiao is looking for an opponent, but let's be real this fight as much as I'd enjoy it, aint happenin. How bout Julio Diaz? He has no plan to retire soon, and this would be a great comeback/network fight that they could main event. One just coming off of a PPV fight with p4p #1, the other a network regular that has already cohosted main events before. There's also Jose Armando Santa Cruz. This guy schooled Diaz (until he got knocked out), whooped on Edner Cherry, and more or less beat CASAMYOR (not on the scorecards, but did win worst decision of the year)! As lackluster a performance as that was, it still says a lot for a guy that has since gone on to knock out Katsidis and get a ppv fight with a p4p fighter.

Am I the only one that thinks it's time for these guys to at least be fighting B fighters already? Are there any other fighters the Peterson brothers should be fighting instead? Or do you think they should keep on getting paid for these glorified sparring sessions on major boxing networks?

Good post, agreed. The guys really annoy me. They need to step up at least to C level opponents this year. They are being managed in such a way that they want their step up fight to coincide with a big money one...fighting bums to plump up their records.

[Spiegelo]

Pretty much. I made a whole thread about Calzaghe, Jones, and Hopkins resumes and it got bascially just tossed aside. Now if I were to mention Margarito is a faggot and is ducking Williams, it'd get like 7 pages worth of replies.

I remember that thread. It got like 3 pages of people commending you for a dead on post, and then in 4 seconds it hit page 5 way behind 30 clone threads all started by 3 diff people with a titles either identical or contradictory to the lovely title you picked there.

[slicksouthpaw16]

Yeah i hate when i make a quality thread and it gets put aside. Thats what makes ESB a much more knowledgeable forum. Boxingscene is better overall, but i go to ESB for in dept views on boxing history and todays fights. This forum only likes to talk about Mayweather(even though hes retired) and who they claim Margarito is ducking. I think its because there are younger posters on this site that are more casual fans and ESB has mature adults.

[Spiegelo]

Yeah i hate when i make a quality thread and it gets put aside. Thats what makes ESB a much more knowledgeable forum. Boxingscene is better overall, but i go to ESB for in dept views on boxing history and todays fights. This forum only likes to talk about Mayweather(even though hes retired) and who they claim Margarito is ducking. I think its because there are younger posters on this site that are more casual fans and ESB has mature adults.

Margarito has been ducking the Peterson brothers for years, but I'll let that go for now as to not derail my thread. What's ESB?